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RAF Sopley was a WWII airbase codenamed Starlight near the village of Sopley in Hampshire. The Radar Station was opened in December 1940. In 1959 it became an air traffic control radar station and finally closed on 27 September 1974. Nearby Sopley Camp was built in the early 50’s as a domestic site for the radar station and is probably best known as the initial home of the Vietnamese Boat People in 1979. The camp was sold in 1993 to a local partnership under the name Merryfield Park.
